2020
DR. MIRIAM
VEGA
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
JOSEPH P. ADDABBO FAMILY HEALTH CENTER, INC.
Miriam Vega, PhD is the Chief Executive Offi cer of the Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health
Center, Inc. (Addabbo). An experienced executive of non-profi t organizations, including Federally
Qualifi ed Health Centers and AIDS service organizations, Dr. Vega created the CHANGE
model of capacity-building assistance which has helped to build culturally-responsive programming,
quality improvement, and organizational infrastructure at community-based organizations
across the nation.
Before coming to Addabbo, Dr. Vega served as the Executive Vice President of Total Health
Care, a large FQHC in Baltimore, MD. She also held the position of Chief Operations Offi cer at
Kedren Community Health Center in Los Angeles, CA where her focus was the full integration
of mental health and primary care services. She has been serving as a HOPE fellow and chair
of American Public Health Association’s Committee on Health Equity.
At a time when the Far Rockaway community was experiencing one of the largest
COVID-19��case surges in the City, under the direction of Dr. Vega and her Administrative
Team, Addabbo established the fi rst COVID-19��Tent Testing Site in the Rockaways.
In April of 2020, Dr. Vega presented before the US House of Representatives Democratic
Caucus. Her message was in the form of a plea for further emergency funding to be used to
continue COVID-19��testing initiatives.
Dr. Vega devoted her professional career to bringing quality and comprehensive healthcare
services to those who need it the most. She has been focused on fully reopening the Health
Center and developing a strategic reorganization strategy so Addabbo can expand its services.
HEALTHCARE HEROES